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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “spongier” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

29 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
spongier113574(None) 
sponger1038521spong_er
podgier11338722_podgier
slangier9117932slangier
smoggier1243972smoggier
soggier93410882s_oggier
sonsier7711742s_onsier
spanglier1244192spanglier
spendier1147142spendier
spinier93715162spin_ier
sponge939662spong_e_
sponged1137952spong_ed
spongers1137602spong_ers
sponges10311042spong_es
spongiest1237082spongiest
spongily1444902spongily
spongin1036372spongi_n
sponging1238822sponging
spongins1136562spongins
spookier14175492spookier
spoonier10167652spoonier
sportier102010052sportier
spottier10207312spottier
springier1236022springier
spunkier14235822spunkier
stingier9279122stingier
stodgier1034222stodgier
stonier72013792ston_ier
swingier12267002swingier

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911210590.376475242.0
2DLD Change Limit121059293.45335059.1
3Display Results29290.0132230.8
 (SQL Overall)178691293.84246509.9
 
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